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9/29/2014 12:27AM

Japanese Investment Rises in Frontier Markets

In its search for a cheaper manufacturing base, Japan is expanding aid and investment into Laos and other Southeast Asia’s frontier markets, many of them traditional allies of Beijing. The WSJ’s Warangkana Chomchuen reports.

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